Gravity Effect

Each time, it seems 
There was nothing to be done. 
Gravity has
That effect. 

The truth is,
Some of us fall 
Towards things, and some of us fall 
Away: fall out, fall in, fall in 
Line, fall from favor;
Fall from grace, fall far, or fall for
Someone. 

In this way, 
We all fall 
Together. 

In this way, we trail others’
Tripped transient seconds; grasped
By the wrists, like the split-balance love
Of acrobats –

The acrobats, it seems, 
Knew all along. 

Now, circus themes
Clothe the net in tents; the tent
Now holds the net, the net was
Stories told, the telling more
Gold-painted edge
For brave off-stepping: space 
For things so wide, neither
Careful-footed beam nor spangles could
Hold the key. 

The key is, thus, 
Not held. 

The key is falling. 

The key is golden-painted towards
Some edge, some surface
Deeper-dwelt than all space now
Flown through – 
The key is
We trail 
Meanings like a comet –
Many 
Flying off – 
Until 
Only flight
Is left.

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